CCT 612 (Seminar in Creativity: Humor) welcomes Ed Perry, owner of WATD-FM Radio Station (Mass Broadcasters Hall of Fame) who will speak about the use of humor in the media and workplace: October 7, 7-8PM, Wheatley-1-58.

Guest panelists in CCT 602 (Creative Thinking) Oct. 7, 4-6:30 PM, M-2-628.

An RSVP (nlgreenwald@comcast.net) is required as classroom space is limited.

DANA BEIN is a originally from West Springfield, Massachusetts. There, in 1997, he began doing stand-up comedy and developed a cult following who dubbed him the Bastard Son of Comedy. He has performed stand-up comedy throughout New England and is director of the stand-up comedy curriculum at Improv Boston where he began performing in the Micetro/UnNatural Selection cast on Thursday nights. He has been a cast member in ImprovBoston Showcase shows such as Quest, Action Comix, Felt, In the Garage, GoreFest IV, Dana and SteveDo It, Law and Puppet and Fort Awesome (which was selected to perform in comedy festivals in Toronto and DC). You can find Dana in all of his graces at ImprovBoston, Friday nights  (www.danajaybein.com).

DAN GREENWALD is the founder and Creative Director of White Rhino, a full-service ad agency, currently ranked by the Boston Business Journal as the 17th largest firm in the Boston Area. His clients include  American Express, Reebok, Whole Foods Market, SAP,  Avid Technologies and Massachusetts General Hospital.  Dan’s creative work has won numerous awards, including Clio, Hatch, BoNE, Telly, AIGA, DMA, NEDMA and his work has been published in magazines, books and industry journals.

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MARNI JAIN Creating is both a desire and a need.  Art is a distinct language, and I use it to communicate ideas that I believe cannot be as fully expressed through words alone.  My greatest struggle as an artist is self-censorship.  Because of this, my primary goal is to create freely as ideas come to me and to acknowledge but then release fears that might arise.  I am best described as a mixed media artist.  My earlier works were primarily colored pencil and my strengths lie in realistic renderings.  However, once invited to “let go” of minutia and what art “should be”, my creativity has expanded to include collage, jewelry making, and comic books.  Four years ago, I began using soft window screen as a medium. A portrait in this medium was included in a juried art show, Betty, at The Harbor Gallery of UMass, Boston.

My level of tolerance for ambiguity is high and appears in the process of creating, when I frequently fluctuate between excited clarity and uncertainty.  Some of my work is intentionally disturbing, as I believe that tension can be an opportunity.  In a sense, I invite viewers to be uncomfortable and sit with that discomfort. I have no formal training, but have taken courses through the Cambridge Adult Community Education Center, including Creating Comic Books, Linoleum Block, Collage, and Writing About Taboo Topics.  A turning point for my work came through a course at Mass Art that included creating books in alternative formats.   

The Critical and Creative Thinking program at UMass Boston was a catalyst to my most recent breakthrough in creative work.   Through this program, I have investigated Interactive Art, and I continue to be intrigued by how to engage viewers and facilitate interaction, not through technology, but using the relationship between visual dissonance and cognitive dissonance. Other themes in my research are impermanence in art and conscious choice.  

I am currently preparing for my third year of Jamaica Plain open Studios. To display and share my work is both a challenge and privilege.  It is easier to keep it to myself, but when I share my work, the pieces change, and observing that change is yet another opportunity for creative development. (marnieART@gmail.com)